Lately I've been having an inexplicable wish to make clothes for myself. I now feel confident with all the thread, fabrics and sewing machine business and it's time to make a step forward. It's true, I am about to venture into "confection", a new land which I've always believed to be reserved to dressmakers (those ladies my grandmother sometimes talks about).

First step: studying the subject. Deciphering patterns, cutting directions, zipper insertions, buttonholes... For all that I'm relying on my most recent purchase: this book whose cover I showed here a few days ago.